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Research Papers and Articles, Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback is a fascinating area that is focused on changing cortical timing. That in turn has significant implications to brain function.

Here’s a list of links to some of the better research and articles related to neurofeedback and cortical regulation. Neurofeedback trains cortical regulation. The article on neuroplasticity from Ruth Lanius. MD is one of the best papers in helping explain the functional implications. Her paper in full is “Mind over Chatter”, an FMRI based study on network changes observed after neurofeedback training.

There are a number of good research papers. A challenge for the field is to take a complex arena and make it simple. Reading a few research studies offers a narrow lens into the field. Reading more diverse studies helps. But the issues of changing cortical dynamics through neurofeedback and biofeedback apply to the average teacher, psychologist, therapist, pediatrician. Many don’t have a connection to that information and it takes time for that to change. .

We also included studies on musical performance amd microSurgery performance improvements by Dr. John Gruzelier from Imperial College, London. In many respects, all training we do in neurofeedback is performance training. Improving cortical dynamics (timing patterns) affects ability to regulate emotion, attention, executive function and other performance systems in the brain.
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Though many of the studies show targeting of conditions, neurofeedback does not directly target conditions. What’s in common is training the brain to elicit change based on response to feedback using neuroplasticity, which is summed up by Dr. Lanius in the NeuroImage study listed below.

Resource Books/Text Books
In addition to the papers and articles below, these books a much more in-depth understanding of neurofeedback and brain mapping.